Posted on 10/21/2008 7:34:30 PM PDT by Jedidah
Obama made clear that he was a strong supporter of the draft at the ServiceNation Presidential Forum at Columbia University on Sept. 11, 2008 and I don't know why the MSM or the McCain campaign let that one slip right by. Obama on the draft speaking at Columbia:
Quote: But it’s also important that a president speaks to military service as an obligation not just of some, but of many. You know, I traveled, obviously, a lot over the last 19 months. And if you go to small towns, throughout the Midwest or the Southwest or the South, every town has tons of young people who are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. That’s not always the case in other parts of the country, in more urban centers. And I think it’s important for the president to say, this is an important obligation. If we are going into war, then all of us go, not just some. http://www.clipsandcomment.com/2008/...ia-university/
The Obama campaign is playing down Biden's "gaffe" by saying that international crisis is common when a new president takes office. . . The point that Biden was making was not that Obama will be tested but rather some very specific decisions that Obama was going to make that would be unpopular with Americans regarding the crisis. . . He explains that it will be a decision that people will claim not to have known that he'd make. . . Although Obama said he favors the draft at the forum, it's never been in the MSM and the vast majority of people have no idea. A lot of his support is coming from people and groups who believe that Obama wants to keep us out of war and conscription contradicts that. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at hillaryclintonforum.net ...
Bingo.
“He may re-institute the draft but will defer every black fatherless kid. They will bring in white 2-parent family kids only!”
Oh, the blacks will be enllisted in Obammy’s homeland security detail.
We are in deep do-do!
He's correct. So are you. The draft and 'shut the f**k up', both at once. More like Lyndon Johnson than Jimmy Carter. A new, improved Johnson. A Teflon Johnson.
I have strong doubts about this. Hillary is playing both sides against the middle hoping the Obamessiah will lose and give her another shot in ‘12.
I don’t buy it.
Kansas, South Dakota, places like that, maybe. Where does he see the enemy? That's where force goes. As Joe says, it might be kind of unpopular.
Maybe in someone else's army, not ours!
The whole idea behind our "all volunteer army" was to increase retention of trained troops. It takes a lot of training before today's typical youth can be trusted with million dollar high tech gear. An army of conscripts is more or less useless as we no longer need "cannon fodder". A draft would put us back twenty to thirty years with "grunts" doing two years and out.
Maybe that's the plan, sabotage the military by undermining the skill level of the troops?
Regards,
GtG
They sure did that while The Toon was pres.
yitbos
Name one smart idea that's come from Camp Obama.
The Hillary Clinton Forum is a bunch of Hillary supporters who are still furious at Obama for how he treated her during the primaries. It has no connection to Ms. Clinton herself.
These are McCain voters.
And I think they’re onto something.
Read Obama’s statement. He wants compulsary service for all — male and female.
You have a Freepmail.
I have been thinking about that speech too. Michelle just rephrases "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." She leaves off the "or else," as did Marx.
BTTT
"Oceania wins glorious victory on Kinshasa front! Eastasia routed!"
This topic gives me the willies.
That (security briefings)is an interesting point.
I’ve got two nieces and two nephews in separate colleges across the country. The news just went out to all four of them.
Biden just couldn’t keep his trap shut!.........
One must extrapolate the machine procuct just a little.
diese - "those", wird - "will be", soldaten - soldiers
yitbos
Interesting . . . . so did Stalin, Mao, and Hitler.
However, until or unless the Obamessiah is elected and has had a couple of years minimum to consolidate his power, I wouldn't hold my breath. The "yutes" of America beleive that a vote FOR the Obamessiah is a vote AGAINST the military, the draft and wars that protect American lives and property.
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